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LILIUJl GICAM’imf- 
branaeea, patula, petiulata, quondam remotiora, alia approximation, snppc inieistUiis plus 
duplo longiora, lato-ovata, cordata, atldnuato-acuminata, siim profundo subdecurrcnte, 
lobis lilt is, rotundatis, distantibus, Icviter repanda et undulata, meinbranaceo-tiiarginuhiU, 
nitida, snpra saturate viridia, subtus pallidiora, costa amplA, crass A, albicante, nervis 
obliqttis, distantibus, tenis capillaeeis, retieulatis, rennla insuper indivisA, submarginnli; 
mfertora maxima, novempollicaria ad pedalia, longius petioluta, miperiora sensim minora, 
minus pro fund 6 cordata, summa tripolliearia, brev issime petioluta, gracilius et loiigius 
acuminata basique subrotundatfi, subintogrA. Pctioli era?si, sulco Into canalieulati, mar- 
jrinibus scindentibUs, basi latissima tertiani caiiiis partem amplectCnte, lnfimi folia a quuu- 
tesvel superantes, superiores iisdem his terve breviores/sumnii brevissihd, latissimi, potli- 
carcsvel infra, marginal!. Flores maximi,iniTundibulilornu-eampamdaii, oblique nut.m 
ies, octo ad decern dispositi in raceuium aniplissimum, termiitulcm, nudum, p< < a ei.i 
sesquipedalem ; albi, extus deorsum virideSCentes, intus rufescentefe, fragrantes; tubus 
yiridescens, digit innmedium fere crassus, tricosl at Us, obtusetiiangularis, basi letusa iiuc 
qualiter subtrilobiis, sensim dilatatusin lunbum reqiialiterpatulum, subioolutuin, quadu 
ad quinquepollicarem. Pedimculi teretes, efassi, breves, semipollicarcs, rccurvato-nutan- 
les. Flores anteanthesin virides, deflexi, bractcis obtecti magriis, fottaceis, ovatis,albiean- 
tibns, caducissimis, insertionis vestigium infra singubim pedunciilum linqucntibus angus- 
tum, semilunare, utraqiie extremitate adscendens ; praUerca hructeola interna, alba, linca- 
ri-filiformis, adscendens, polliecm longa, supra basin singuli petlunculi inseita. Petula 
(fig. 3.) oblongo-spathulata, inferiore ditni.liA parte'valde erassa, vix lineas quatuor lata, 
exteriore dilatata in laminam hinceolafam, acutiusculam, minutim striatam, intus ad mar- 
gdnes a punctis minutis densissimis rufescenlem ; basi subtus gibboso-convexa, supnique 
fovea latiuscula, niellifera leviter excavata, paging superiore sulco cx&ratAlohgitudinali, ex- 
Irorsum obliterato ; marginibus nuneparuni imequalibus ; trin erteriora parum latiora, 
dorso corivexo eostato; interior a tria costa lata, elevatfi, utrinque sulco exsculpta pro- 
fundo niargines petalorum exteriorum recipiente. Stamina parallela, recta, eommentia, 
supra fauCem tloris vix eXserta, limbo parum breviora, longitudint paiiiin imequalia. 
Filament a alba, carnosa, plana, petalorum basi inserta, suleibus bit e riorum incumbentia, 
cumque illis canaliculam formantia ncctariferam, apiee teretia. Anther* oblong;v, ob- 
tusoe, pall id e tlava?, recta*, leviter versatiles. Ovarium (fig. 4.) oblongum, obtus6 tri align¬ 
ing lineis sex notatum, nitidwn, sesquipolMeare, triloculare, oralis orbiculato-planis. fere 
absque nmnero placenta, in singulo loculo bijug a*, duplici serie parallels insertis. Stylus 
crassus, rectus, tilamentorum longitudine, infra stigma leviter incrassatus. Stigma pns- 
niatico-trilobunn, obtusum, vertice triangularr, scabro, mucoso. Capsula (fig. 5.) ovato- 
prismatica, angulis ohtusis, retusacurii cuspidula, latcribus concavihsculis, basi clavata, 
pollices duos et dimidium longa, duos lata, fusca, glabra, coriacea ; valvula margine m- 
fcrassatse, introrsum pectinatie serie simplici ciliarum longissimarum, angustissunaium. 
Semina (lig. 6.) imiumera, levissiina et tenuissiina, triangularia, oblique obovata, mem- 
bvanaluta, tenuissiina marginata, basi an gust at A ct retusa, senupollicaria. Coetera ut in 
Lilio bulbifero, Gaert. carp. 2. p. Hi. t. 33. 
OnsERTATlOiX. 
Tliis majestic Lily grows sometimes to a size wbicli is quite astonishing; a limit-bear- 
in-v specimen of the whole plant, which is destined for the Museum of the ITon. Last 
imlia Company, measures lull ten feet from (lie basis of (lie stem to its apex; its general 
l.eHit however, when in full blossom, is live or six feet, am! in that state it is a truly 
* , ’ 0 y,5ect The flowers are proportionally large ami delightfully fragrant, not unlike 
lln .se of tile -common white Lily. The outer three petals are closely united to those with- 
In by their acute margins insinuating themselves under the dorsal rib el the hitter, each 
